2007 Proceedings

The 82nd annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business was held August 2008, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The academic program was attended by 240 members and included 175 papers and panels, teaching and research symposia, and various other discussions and workshops.

From the papers presented, at the 82nd annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business those that were submitted for the double-blind review process and accepted for publication are presented below. It is with great pleasure that I present this peer reviewed sample of work that is representative of the high quality of the work done by our colleagues. These papers are representative of the papers presented in Indianapolis and are divided into five topics, and the Distinguished Paper section in the Proceedings. The two Distinguished Proceedings papers were selected as the best from all the submissions, and were presented during a special session at the conference. Congratulations to Robert J. Landry, Amy K. Yarborough, Beverly Earle, Gerald A. Madek, and Christian Madek.

Deep appreciation is extended to everyone who contributed to the success of the 2007 ALSB meeting. Special thanks to Program Chair Lynda Oswald for her hard work and planning of the academic and social programs, and to Executive Secretary Dan Herron for his perpetual efforts on behalf of the Academy without which we would be hopelessly lost, and we are not afraid to admit it. I would like to thank the reviewers for the Proceedings, and the discussants of the Distinguished Papers, for their hard work. Your service to the Academy is much appreciated. I would also like to personally thank all of the authors and the leadership of the Academy of Legal Studies on Business for their patience with me the first time I have served as proceedings editor. I promise all involved parties a smoother, more efficient, and more communicative process in 2008.

The 2008 annual meeting will be in Long Beach California, I encourage everyone to participate in the ALSB meeting and in the Proceedings.

We Are in need of reviewers and those who would be willing to serve as discussants at the Distinguished Proceedings Sections, please contact me if you have any interest in becoming involved with the proceedings. I assure that based upon the quality of the work that I have seen you will find it an exciting learning experience as well as a bit of a humbling experience when you become aware of the quality of the work out colleagues are doing.

I would like to thank the reviewers for the 2007 ALSB Proceedings. Your time, consideration, and thoughtfulness make the Proceedings better every year. I enjoyed working with all of you and I hope to see this number grow in the future. I thank all of you sincerely but would like to single out Kristopher R. Tilker at Midwestern State University and Daniel T. Ostas at the University of Oklahoma for Contributions above and beyond the call of duty.

Teaching Aid for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods by Paul Becker, Will Mawer and Jim Speers

[Cite as: 37 Acad. Legal Stud. In Bus. Nat’l Proc. ____ (2007)]

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